an enormous amount of engineering material, an important supply of artillery ammunition, brought down by your fire three enemy aeroplanes. "THE RED HAND", sign of the Division, thanks to you, became a bloody hand which took the Boche by the throat and made him cry for mercy. You have well avenged our glorious dead. Signed General Goybet Interwar and World War II The 372nd Infantry Regiment was reconstituted in the National Guard and allotted by January 1925; the 1st Battalion to the District of Columbia, the 2nd Battalion to Ohio, and the 3rd Battalion to Massachusetts. 1st Battalion reorganized and federally recognized in the District of Columbia National Guard as the 142nd Engineer Battalion (Colored) on 19 April 1921. Redesignated as 1st Separate Battalion, Infantry on 1 April 1923. Redesignated 1st Battalion, 372nd Infantry on 18 December 1925. Only Company A was active during this period. 2nd Battalion reorganized in the Ohio National Guard on 1 April 1924 as the 1st Separate Battalion, Infantry, with headquarters federally recognized on 22 September 1924 at Columbus, Ohio. Redesignated 2nd Battalion, 372d Infantry on 1 April 1925. 3rd Battalion reorganized in the Massachusetts National Guard on 30 November 1920 as the 2nd Separate Battalion, Infantry, with headquarters federally recognized on 15 March 1922 at Boston, Massachusetts. Redesignated 3rd Battalion, 372d Infantry on 1 January 1925. Company A, 372nd Infantry was redesignated the Headquarters Company on 3 September 1940. Concurrently, the 1st Separate Battalion, Infantry, New Jersey National Guard, was redesignated the 1st Battalion, 372nd Infantry on 11 September 1940. The 1st Separate Company, Infantry, Maryland National Guard was redesignated the Service Company, 372nd Infantry on 11 September 1940. On 10 March 1941 the 372nd Infantry was inducted into service at home stations. 2nd Battalion at Columbus, Ohio, 3rd Battalion at Boston, Massachusetts, and service company from Maryland. The unit moved to Fort Dix, New Jersey 17 March 1941; following the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 the regiment moved to New York City 17 December 1941, assigned to the Eastern Defense Command 1 May 1942 for security and other duties in Greater New York. On 21 January 1944 assigned to the 2nd Service Command, transferred to Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky under XXII Corps 20 April 1944, where it provided an accelerated six-week course of infantry training (four weeks of familiarization, qualification, and transition firing, and two weeks of tactical training) to African-American